Feb 06
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Kansas Leopold Conservation Award®. The award honors ranchers, farmers, and forestland owners who go above and beyond in their management of soil health, water quality, and wildlife habitat on working land. Sand County Foundation and national sponsor American Farmland Trust present Leopold Conservation Awards to private landowners in 28 states. …
Feb 06
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, led all Committee Democrats in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) demanding answers and clarity following the Trump Administration’s funding freeze. The Senators wrote to USDA Acting Secretary Gary Washington: “Over the past week, farmers, ranchers, schools, …
Feb 06
Exports of U.S. pork eclipsed previous highs in both volume and value in 2024, according to year-end data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). Beef export value climbed 5% from 2023 despite a slight decrease in volume, as unit export values were record high. Lamb exports trended higher than …
Feb 06
American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on Mexico’s decision to formally repeal a ban on biotech corn imports from the United States. “Farm Bureau applauds Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum for repealing her country’s ban on biotech corn imports from America. Her predecessor’s attempt to limit trade between the two countries was a …
Feb 06
CattleFax Forecasts Continued Strong Demand and High Price Outlook for Cattle ProducersSAN ANTONIO, Texas (Feb. 6, 2025) – The popular CattleFax Outlook Seminar, held as part of CattleCon 2025 in San Antonio, Texas, shared expert market and weather analysis today. After the seminar, Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster Ron Hays got with Vice President of …
Feb 06
Despite the opportunity for strong margins in the U.S. poultry and egg industry, producers are uneasy as they face what may be the sector’s most challenging period ever. Highly pathogenic avian influenza is now a persistent threat to production. Through January 2025, the U.S. egg industry now has 8% fewer egg-laying hens than it did …
Feb 06
Yesterday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) reintroduced the American Beef Labeling Act to reinstate mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef. The legislation will insert “beef” and “ground beef” back into the existing MCOOL law that requires country-of-origin labels on many food commodities, including meat from chickens, sheep and …
Feb 06
Don’t miss the inaugural Farmers Market Symposium on Wednesday, February 12 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.! Farm Director KC Sheperd jumped at the opportunity to speak with Natasha Robinson, Farmers Market Manager, and Eric Himan, Scissortail Park’s VP of Programming. The one-day symposium “Bridging the Rural and Urban Agriculture Gap” is designed to highlight …
